i30 Owners Club
MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => TYRES | WHEELS | BRAKES => Topic started by: druggist on October 21, 2011, 01:00:45
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Has anybody got any ideas for an easy way to inflate spare or check it without pulling it out.. I guess I wonder if there is some type of valve extension that I can screw on that is long enough to be accessed without taking the wheel out of the boot well.
My Corolla has the wheel right way up and I can easily access to check. Hyundai has wheel face down with tools in the back, saving space but making it impossible to check spare without pulling it out.
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Unfortunately, no.
I guess you could manufacture a flexible extension but as most people don't check their spares very often :twisted: :evil: , it wouldn't be a big seller.
Mine, my wife's and my daughter's get checked about every three months (or before any trip) and I put 42 psi in them. Generally by the end of three months they're down into the mid to low 30's. Oh. And fit a metal valve cap at least to the spare, but preferably to all your tyres.
A metal cap will hold pressure even if you take the valve core out. A plastic one won't and can even blow off.
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Has anybody got any ideas for an easy way to inflate spare or check it without pulling it out.. I guess I wonder if there is some type of valve extension that I can screw on that is long enough to be accessed without taking the wheel out of the boot well.
My Corolla has the wheel right way up and I can easily access to check. Hyundai has wheel face down with tools in the back, saving space but making it impossible to check spare without pulling it out.
I have seen the valve extensions in Biltema in Finland, so I suppose those things may be found on Ebay as well